Congress, OH
Congress wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Congress lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 106 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Congress at the 22nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Congress's building exposure, zone by zone
64.2% of Congress's 106 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 68 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 35.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Congress against the rest of the country
Congress's 52nd-percentile standing inside Ohio outpaces its 21st national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Congress ranks 24,812 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,781 by building count (1 is largest). Within Ohio alone, it ranks 604 of 1,264 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Ohio on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Congress
Congress's moderate rating (21st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Congress
With 64.2% of Congress in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Congress's 21st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Congress, see the exposure-zones guide.